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Toei Animation Begins Production on Dragon Ball Super Drawn From a Plot By The Brand’s Original Creator, Dragon Ball Super Is The First New Series In Eighteen Years

TOKYO (April 28, 2015) – Toei Animation has announced production on Dragon Ball Super (Japanese title; tentative for English release), the first all-new Dragon Ball television series to be released in 18 years. Following the recent events of the hit feature film, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, Dragon Ball Super will debut in Japan in July 2015.

Reuniting the franchise’s iconic characters, Dragon Ball Super will follow the aftermath of Goku’s fierce battle with Majin Buu, as he attempts to maintain earth’s fragile peace. Overseen by Dragon Ball’s original creator, Akira Toriyama and produced with Fuji Television, Dragon Ball Super will draw on its historic past to create a bold, new universe welcoming to fans and endearing to new viewers.

Introduced as a manga in Weekly Shonen Jump (published from SHUEISHA Inc.) in 1984, Dragon Ball has evolved into a globally beloved brand. Seen in more than 70 countries, with over 230 million copies of its comic books sold, Dragon Ball remains one of the most popular anime series of all time.

“Having loved Dragon Ball since childhood, it is very exciting to be a part of this project,” said Osamu Nozaki, producer for Fuji Television. “Mr. Toriyama has developed a plot that’s not only a dream come true for Dragon Ball‘s millions of fans, but one that will foster in a new generation of viewers.”

“When I joined Toei Animation, one of my first assignments saw me working on the production of Dragon Ball Z,” said Atsushi Kido, producer for Toei Animation. “While there for only a short period of time, being a part of the series left a lasting impression. We look forward to carrying on Dragon Ball‘s tremendous legacy, bringing audiences a brand new Dragon Ball with the same sense of heart and commitment that went into past Dragon Ball productions.”

“I’ve used the word ‘cho’ (super) in so many commercials, games and other media, it is fantastic that the long awaited Dragon Ball Super will finally begin,” said Masako Nozawa, Japanese voice actress of Dragon Ball’s Son Goku, Son Gohan and Son Goten. “I hope that this series will last a long time and have the same impact around the world as its predecessor.”

Same here, no dubs for me (anime, foreign films, etc.) with some exceptions:

Ranma 1/2old school kung fu or euro crime english dubs

But I do understand their importance. In the beginning that was the only way one could watch Dragon Ball Z, except for some subbed bootleg VHS tapes I bought on eBay, but keep in mind that this was almost 20 years ago!

Why would there be a thought that this would be a bad series? The original author is writing the fucking thing. There is no reason why it would be terrible under his watchful eye.

If it's anything like the storytelling from Fukkatsu no F, it'll be great.

That's a plus, but it's not a guarantee of quality. But then again, I haven't seen anything past GT, so I can't say much more than I don't know if the new series will be good. I doubt it because anything milked as long as Dragon Ball has been is usually stale, but I hope I'm wrong.

Well, there were established tiers of deities since the beginning of the series. Beerus is the only legitimate one so far that is confirmed as having dominion over multiple dimensions. The Super Saiyajin God level of power is said to be a God, but is not actually a figure of authority in the universe. Goku and Vegeta are simply the most powerful beings in their specific dimension/universe, but there are many others to test themselves in. This little nugget, which was mentioned in Battle of Gods, is what probably spawned the concept of this series.

Also, nobody has been able to defeat Whis yet, so there's that. He's FAR more powerful than Beerus.

am I the only one who hates dragonball? they spend more time talking than actualy fighting (I cannot finish the Freeza saga because of the talking/nagging/whinning). they will just punch each other for ten seconds then start to talk again!!

The movies are pure sex. I don't mind the 30 episode power charging dialogues, they're pretty similar to pro-wres. My only gripe with the TV show is the animation quality is like watching Nitori get down~ from frame to frame.

My favourite arc... has to be that intergalactic tourney where Goku goes up against that frog looking towelie-head, and gets disqualified for bouncing off the domed roof's unspecified out of bounds spot.

My favourite character... definietly has to be teen-Gohan wearing the most badass butsu-gi this side of Capsule Corp, ie. Piccolo's uniform. ^__^v